We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiOS and Juniper SRX Series Firewall based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"The network security and cloud security are most valuable."
"I like Fortinet FortiGate's antispam filter, SPN, and clustering features."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is security. They are known for efficiency and are on the top of Gartner Quadrant reviews. Fortinet FortiGate has an easy-to-use platform with a good graphical interface. The configuration is simple and the solution provides an overall good layer of security."
"The next-gen features, the unified threat management capabilities are something that just about everybody is interested in at this point."
"Security management tool that's easy to integrate and easy to work with. No issues found with its stability and scalability."
"The inspection and web security features are most valuable."
"Fortinet offers the latest versions to cater to the needs of enterprises."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"We found the initial setup to be straightforward."
"The solution is extremely scalable."
"There are many useful features, such as web security and advanced threat detection."
"Fortinet has optimized the WAN environment for connecting users to the application."
"The most valuable features are the intrusion prevention system and the anti-virus."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiOS network segregation, UTM, and antivirus, freight management protection, such as DDoS. Additionally, the CLI and the GUI are easy to use. The architecture makes sense, and the command in the CLI are organized well. They have quite a lot of features are easy to use, and are user-friendly. Any novice can use Fortinet FortiOS without an issue."
"It efficiently manages large-scale firewall deployments."
"FortiGate as a product is very easy to configure."
"The EEE security controls allow us to make policy restrictions, so I can customize port numbers to allow or limit control."
"The deployment is quite easy and fast."
"It'sa very secure device, it has good attack prevention capabilities using UTM."
"It integrates well with Fortinet and Palo Alto."
"Security policies in combination with zones: It is very easy to organize the security polices in a logical structure."
"Technical support is good. They quickly respond, and they even have local help here. They can actually give you an answer very quickly."
"User-friendly solution with security bundle and USB blocking features"
"The features that I have found valuable are the ones for the main purpose we are using Juniper - its firewall to protect our network for our internet access."
"Fortinet FortiGate is not very easy to use. The navigation could be improved to make it easier to use."
"The initial setup is complex."
"It's my understanding that more of the current generation features could be brought in. There could be more integration with EDRs, for example."
"It is quite new for us, and we need to go more in-depth into the monitoring tools. It provides different features that we need to do what we want. So far, it is okay for us. In terms of improvement, in the future, they can provide a faster implementation of features. Some of the features are first available in other solutions. Fortinet sometimes takes a little bit longer than other solutions, such as Check Point, to implement new features."
"I would like to see improvements in the support from Fortinet. Here in the Philippines, whenever we have problems with a Fortinet product, we mostly ask for support from distributors and resellers and not directly from Fortinet."
"The Wi-Fi controller needs a lot of improvement."
"The solution's framework needs to be frequently updated in order to have a stable solution."
"I would like Fortinet to add more automation to FortiGate."
"There are some issues with the performance. We also had some issues while updating the firmware."
"SD-WAN configuration could be easier."
"Some features I have found to be hidden and cannot be accessed through the graphical user interface, you can only access them through the command-line interface(CLI). All the features should be accessible through the graphical user interface."
"The central management can improve in Fortinet FortiOS. It is sometimes difficult to manage all the devices."
"The solution needs improvement with DDoS protection."
"Fortinet FortiOS can improve the GUI and remove the command line interface. All the functionality should be available from the GUI. Day-to-day management can be tough for IT administrators. Additionally, the reporting is not very good."
"I would like to see more statistics in the monitoring part."
"For monitoring purposes, we don't have any option to monitor the ISP link."
"it would be more powerful if Juniper brought out a security product other than the firewall, like anti-spam, endpoint protection, etc. Customers who want to deploy security solutions are not just thinking about firewalls... Juniper should have an end-to-end solution, from the endpoint to the network level."
"I think Juniper SRX should have a GUI. Some of the competitors are already implementing GUI for the firewall."
"Their models for service providers could improve."
"The big thing is performance. With all the features turned on it slows down."
"We'd like to improve the stability and the kill rate."
"Both the web management and the graphical user interface are inadequate and should be improved."
"The workplace management console needs improvement. It should be a little bit more developed. Also, the interface needs a bit more improvement."
"The reporting is lacking."
Fortinet FortiOS is ranked 15th in Firewalls with 73 reviews while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is ranked 18th in Firewalls with 87 reviews. Fortinet FortiOS is rated 8.4, while Juniper SRX Series Firewall is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Fortinet FortiOS writes "Provides effective filtering features, good stability but initial setup is moderately challenging". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Juniper SRX Series Firewall writes "Highly scalable, user-friendly UI, and easy to maintain". Fortinet FortiOS is most compared with Fortinet FortiManager, Fortinet FortiWeb, Fortinet FortiGate-VM, Darktrace and Infoblox Advanced DNS Protection, whereas Juniper SRX Series Firewall is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls and Check Point NGFW. See our Fortinet FortiOS vs. Juniper SRX Series Firewall report.
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